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This article examines fiscal policy shocks in the UK through using a Bayesian Vector Autoregression (BVAR) model which applies Mountford and Uhlig (2009) type sign-restriction. It investigates the impact of three fiscal policy experiments on macroeconomic variable. Specifically, the...
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their individual balance sheet. The coin economic theory may help to show that financial sector (equals savings) growth does … not equate to GDP growth. In this article the theory explores the allocation of savings, the role of interest rates, the …
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-)Keynesian analysis is presented as a growth and employment-oriented alternative to this restrictive policy mix. Contrary to the strict … alternative requires the coordination of monetary, fiscal and wage policies in order to achieve growth, high employment and price …
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concept of money and their satisfaction may be largely endogenous to shifts in the economic policy regime. Growth and …, in this paper the effects of the new EMU institutional framework for monetary, fiscal and wage policies on overall growth … has neither been conducive to aggregate growth nor to real convergence across the euro area. In order to improve growth …
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growth and employment problems in the EU. These guidelines have been the EU-economic policy concept for ten years now, but … this concept has not been able to generate sustained growth in the EU. Examining the guidelines we show the weaknesses of … the economic policy model behind it and outline an alternative concept which promises more growth for Europe in the long …
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In this paper the euro crisis is viewed as the most recent episode of the crisis of finance-dominated capitalism. Therefore, two major features of finance-dominated capitalism, the increasing inequality of income distribution and the rising imbalances of current accounts, are analysed for a set...
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We analyse the long-run imbalances of finance-dominated capitalism underlying the present crisis – which began in 2007 – with a focus on developments in the US and Germany. We argue that beyond inefficient regulation of the financial sector, the severeness of the present crisis has been...
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This study aims to bring into view the importance of the coordination of fiscal and monetary policies through reviewing the theoretical framework for such coordination. This includes: the interaction between the two policies, the evolution of this issue in the economic literature, the...
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The objective of this study is to estimate an empirical model using pooled data for five industrialized countries to assess the impact of the coordination between monetary and fiscal policies on macroeconomic targets. Those countries are characterized with the existence of the institutional...
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This study presents the experience of the European Monetary Union (EMU) countries as an example for external coordination of fiscal and monetary policies under a fixed exchange rate regime. The Euro area is considered as a unique example since the coordination of the policies is achieved through...
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